One by one, they acceded to his wishes, and affirmed his characterization in a ritual rarely seen in democratic governments. Ms. Pelosi said on Thursday that House Democrats were “not on a path to impeachment,” even as she accused Mr. Trump of trying to whip her caucus into a distracting political battle by stonewalling congressional oversight. Ms. Pelosi, buoyed by two recent victories in court over the White House, suggested that Mr. Trump was too unstable to govern the country. The president’s theatrical scrapping of Wednesday’s infrastructure meeting at the White House raised questions about his temperament and behavior, she said. Mr. Trump had “another temper tantrum,” she told reporters at her weekly news conference at the Capitol.

Source: New York Times May 23, 2019 17:39 UTC